Craven To Speak in NLM Series, Mar. 9

Dr. Mark Craven will give the next NLM Informatics Lecture.

The next speaker in the National Library of Medicine Informatics Lecture Series will be Dr. Mark Craven, discussing “Inferring Host-Pathogen Interactions from Diverse Data Sources” on Wednesday, Mar. 9 from 2-3 p.m. in Lister Hill Center Auditorium, Bldg. 38A.

Craven is a professor in the department of biostatistics and medical informatics at the University of Wisconsin and an affiliate faculty member in the department of computer sciences. He is director of the Center for Predictive Computational Phenotyping, one of NIH’s Centers of Excellence for Big Data Computing. He is also director of the NIH/NLM-funded Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine Training Program and a member of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, the Carbone Cancer Center and the Genome Center of Wisconsin.  

Craven will discuss his work in three studies that involve developing and applying predictive methods in order to characterize host-pathogen interactions.

Sign language interpreters will be provided. Individuals who need reasonable accommodation to participate should contact Ebony Hughes at (301) 451-8038 or Ebony.Hughes@nih.gov or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).

The talk will be broadcast live and archived at http://videocast.nih.gov/.